Metallic railway-tie.



s.' 0. GUN N.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6,1914.

Patented Jan 12, 1915.

To all 2072 m part of SETH GLELLAN GUNN, OF CL'OUDCROFT, NEW

MEXICO.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed May 6, 1914. Serial No. 836,732.

it may concern 1 Be it known that I, SETH CLELLAN G XX', a citizen of the United. States, residing at Cloudcroft, in the county of Otero and State of'New Mexico, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties, of which the following is a speci-' fication, reference being had panying drawings;

This invention relates generally to rail way ties, and more particularly to those of the metallic type.-

The object of the invention is, in a ready and practical manner, so to. constructa tie as to render it' self-anchoring wherebyto to the accominsure its ready'assemblage with the road-- bed, thereby to eliminate loosening of-the rails with attendant. danger of accident.

A further object is to improve the construction of the tie in such a manner as to render it possible to retain the ballast in place between the ties against danger of it being washed out from rains-or freshets, and further to deaden or absorb sounds incident to the passage of rolling stock, and

the thum in sounds usually attendin 'the employment of metallic ties. will be elimi-' nated.

A further object is toimprovethe manner ofretaining the rails upon the. ties, so as practically to eliminate any danger of the holding bolts working loose from ars or Vibrations.

" \Vith the aboi'e and other objectsin View,

as will, appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts of a metallic tie as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying. drawings forming this specification, and in which like characters of" reference designate correspending parts: Figure 1 is a top plan View of a section of-railway equipped with a tie ofthe present invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View, partly injelevation, through one of the ties: Fig. 3 is an end View of the tie and the rail combined therewith; Fig. 4 is a perspective detail View of the tie; and 'Figs. 5 and. 6 are detail views of certain parts of the appliance.

The tie 1S constructed of caststeel or mal-' leable cast iron,.is of truncated pyramidal form in cross section and isprovlded at ea ch end with two oppositely disposed wings 2-.

that occupy plan csatright angles'to the sides in deadening the sound dueto the sage of trains over the tracks. accomplished by the provision of plugs 11 that fit snugly within the ends' of the ties.

eral pressure exerted against the sides by the ballast. p

The ties are connected by head plates or hoards 3, the upper edges of which are preferably somewhat curved, and extend slightly above the upper face of two adjacent ties, the ends being inclined to correspond tothe opposed sides of the ties, and these head plates are secured in position by bolts 4 that project through openings 51in the; head plates, 6 in the wings and 7 in the nut locks, the nuts 8 being engaged with the outer sides of the gether. The heads'of the bolts 4. which are disposed against the inner sides of the -wings, are square and engage with the op-, posed faces of the ties. thus.to be held against turning when the nuts are being seated. Thenut locks. to which reference has been made. are constructed each of a strip of metal that is normally .flat and is bent upon itself and has one end inturned, when positicned, to providea lip 9 which engages the inner wall ofthe tieso as to aid in reinforcing the ties against working apart. the outer member vconstituting a nut-lock employing-three tenguesll) that are designed to hebent up against the s des of the nut;

One of'the features of the invention re pasand this is and are held therein by barbed spikes driven through the'openings 12 in the sides of the ties adjacent to their ends. here the ties are used in lowlands where freshets occur.

the plugs may. be removed in rainy seasons to permitthe waterto pass through the ties, while the head plates or retaining boards will prevent the ballast from being washed latter. to clamp the parts firmly toi out. "As will be obv ihus,1the employment of the retaining boards minals the surface of the ground is brought to a level with, or a little above. the tops of the ties. The road-bed when c mpleted should be sprinkled with crude oil to prevent rusting of the material.

. The rails 13' are held :ombincd with the is only necessary in "cross country runsn'as in all yards .and te-rsides'offthe ties, by means of buttons or clips 14, each'ot' which is constructed preferably from a length of'inalleable iron bent upon itself to provide two tongues and 16, the latter of which is the longer, thetwo tongues being provided with orifices. The. shorter tonguc'is designed to bear against the edges otthe base of the rail, while. the.

longer tongue overlies and bears against the upper side thereof and extends close to the- Web, and a bolt 17 passes-through an elongated opening 18 in the tie,'and

i through a clip let and a nut lock 19, and

carries a nut 20 for locking the clip in place, the same arrangement being observed '111 each of thefastening appliances for the I mile, the nut preferably being 'of a size to overlap the base of the rail. v

In addition to the feature of self-anchor? mg and deadening the sound, the tiehfereni described will be as effective in preventing the tracks getting out of line as will the ordinary \vooden tiescoinmonly employed, so that the ob1ect1onheretoiore urged against the employment of metallic ties is obviated.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that although the improvements herein set forth are simple IIIClItII'ZICtQI,

, they-Will coact in the production-eta thoroughly efiicient and reliable form of railway tie, and one which Will have all of the advantages and none of the disadvantages of an ordinary Wooden tie.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

-1. A railway tie having oppositely directed wings at its ends, and means carried, by the ings .vyhereby the tie may be connected to adjacent ties. a

"2-. The combination with a seriesof hollow metallic ties each having oppositely disposedwings at its ends, of plates disposed between the ties and secured at their opposite ends to he opposing wings of ad aCent ties, each oi said ties having inclined side avalls, and the opposite end edges oi the plates being inclined to the inclination of theuopposed sides of-the ties.

3. A hollow metallic 'ailway tiehaving inclined side \valls'by means of .vvhieh the tie/isv securely anchored under theballast,

and said tie having oppositely directedaperturcd Wings at its ends whereby the tie may be connected to adjacent ties of a track. -l-. 'ihe combination of a series 01: ties, each having at its ends outturned wings, of

head plates rigidly secured to-the wings and serving to retain the ties properly'spaced andto prevent dislodginentof the ballast.

a. lhe combination with a series of holl0.\' metallic ties, each provided at its ends with outstanding wings, of head plates disposed betvveenthe ties and bearing against the inner :t'a'ces of the wings, and bolts including clips and nut locks for holding the head plates firmly secured to the Wings.

6. 'i'he combination with .a series or tieseach having oppositely directed apertured vvings at its ends, of plates secured at their 'ends to the opposing wings of adjacent ties,

whereby to retainthe' ties properly spaced and prevent dislodgnient-oi .the ballast;

T. The combination with a serie oi ties each having oppositely directed apertured wings at its ends, of plates disposed. brtvveen the ties at their opposite ends, the op posite ends oi each plate having aperturesiormed thereinadapted to register with the apertures in tle opposing n'ings oi. adjacent ties, and meansdisposed thi ougn the regisv tering apertures to retain the ties properly spaced troin'each other.

S. The combination With a series of ties, of plates disposed between the ties at their opposite ends, the opposite ends of each 'of the platesbeing secured to the ends oi adjacent ties to retain the ties properly spaced and to prevent dislodgment of the ballast 

